dhacker

My family and I will be in Costa Rica from August 11th until August 21st. We were tempted to try to see as much as possible, and were considering the Caribbean beaches, the Nicoya peninsula, the pacific beaches near Tamarindo, and the Osa peninisula in the Southwestern part of the country along with a return visit to my favorite place in Costa Rica, the Arenal Volcano. However, due to some health issues, we decided instead to stay in one general area as a base to explore from. We are renting a house on Lake Arenal, near Nuevo Arenal for a week ending on the 18th, then probably will spend the last three nights nearer to the Arenal Volcano until we leave on the 21st. The average daily high temps in this area are only about 80 degrees in August and the mosquitos usually make themselves scarce.

Please PM me if your plans include Arenal and you want to get together for some lava viewing or at the house on the lake. The lake is known for excellent windsurfing. Here's the house:

http://realestate.escapeartist.com/P-32458/

and the two hotels we are looking at for the 18th-21st:

http://www.arenalobservatorylodge.com/EN/home.phtml

or

http://www.arenalvistalodge.com/ind...d=1&sectionid=1